Preface: The Formation of a Panoramaniac
Introduction: Moving Panorama-a Missing Medium
The Incubation Era: Antecedents and Anticipations
Large as Life, and Moving: The Peristrephic Panorama
Rolling Across the Stage: The Moving Panorama and the Theater
Transformed By The Light: The Diorama and the "Dioramas"
Panoramania: The Mid-Century Moving Panorama Craze
Panoramania in Practice: Albert Smith and his Moving Panoramas
An Excavation: The Moving Panorama Performance
Intermedial Tug of War: Panoramas and Magic Lanterns
Sensory Bombardment: A Medium's Final Fanfares
Imagination in Motion: The Discursive Panorama
Conclusion: From Panoramas to Media Culture
Appendix: A List of Surviving Moving Panoramas.
